In one of Africa’s most ambitious investment decisions, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has unveiled a plan to spend $97 billion on…
We use a unique data-set from Indonesia on what individuals know about the income
distribution in their village to test theories such as…
Since late 2010, the world has witnessed a remarkable groundswell of political change in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and other…
We use a randomized experiment and a structural model to test whether monitoring and financial incentives can reduce teacher absence and…
In poor countries, over a quarter of children under the age of five years
are malnourished. The corresponding rate in rich countries is…
Why was the Arab World Poised for Revolution? Schooling, Economic Opportunities, and the Arab Spring
What underlying long-term conditions set the stage for the Arab Spring? In recent decades, the Arab region has been characterized by an…